Rec­ol­lec­tion of a path — It is dif­fi­cult to esti­mate, by rec­ol­lec­tion only, the true dis­tances between dif­fer­ent points in a road that has been once trav­eled over. There are many cir­cum­stances which may mis­lead, such as the acci­den­tal tedi­um of one part, or the plea­sure of anoth­er; but besides these, there is always the fact, that, in a long day’s jour­ney, a person’s fac­ul­ties of obser­va­tion are more fresh and active on start­ing than lat­er in the day, when, from the effect of weari­ness, even pecu­liar objects will fail to arrest his atten­tion
from Uncer­tain Pil­grim­age 2006–2009